2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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The 2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship was the inaugural season of the FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR). It is the premier female only circuit racing series. Riders competed on identical Yamaha YZF-R7 motorcycles. The 6 rounds were run as support races for the European rounds of the Superbike World Championship. Format of each round was a Superpole qualifying session on Friday, Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday.[1] The championship was won by Ana Carrasco.

Entry list

A provisional entry list for the Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) was released in February, with 24 participants selected from an initial 40-plus entries.[2]

On 3 June, María Herrera was announced as an entry to the championship.[3]

2024 entry list[2][3][4]
Team No Rider Rounds
511 Terra&Vita Racing Team 10 Ran Yochay All
64 Sara Sánchez All
AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Team GP3 99 Isis Carreno 1, 5-6
Ampito/Pata Prometeon Yamaha 36 Beatriz Neila All
Andalaft Racing 21 Nicole Van Aswegen 1–3
Bertl K. Racing 35 Lena Kemmer All
Carl Cox Motor Sports 50 Avalon Lewis[5] 4
DafitMotoracing 19 Adela Ourednickova All
Deza - Box 77 Racing Team 77 Andrea Sibaja All
Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team 22 Ana Carrasco All
GR Motosport 51 Chloe Jones[6] 6
ITALIKA Racing FIMLA 15 Sarah Varon 3-6
83 Astrid Madrigal All
5 Krystal Silfa[a] 1–2
Klint Forward Factory Team 6 María Herrera All
Lloyd Motorsports 32 Sonya Lloyd[8] 6
MPS.RT 53 Iryna Nadieieva 1, 3-4
PS Racing Team 46+1 46 Pakita Ruiz All
RP27 27 Rafaela Peixoto[9] 5
Rusthen Racing 29 Mia Rusthen 1
Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team 14 Mallory Dobbs All
34 Alyssia Whitmore 1–2, 4
76 Jamie Hanks-Elliott[b] 3, 5–6
TAYCO Motorsport 8 Tayla Relph All
Team GP3 AD11 BY TIRSO 94 Beatrice Barbera[11] 1
Team Luna 44 Luna Hirano All
Team Roc'n'dea - De Angelis Team 25 Irene Bramato[5] 4
Team Trasimeno 52 Jessica Howden 1, 3-6
TSL-Racing 16 Lucy Michel All
WT Racing Team Taiwan 33 Chun Mei Liu 1–5
Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team 28 Ornella Ongaro All
96 Roberta Ponziani All
YART Zelos Black Knights Team 4 Emily Bondi All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
  1. ^ Sarah Varon was injured pre-season and was replaced by Krystal Silfa[7]
  2. ^ Hanks-Elliott replaced Alyssia Whitmore who was recovering from a fractured wrist sustained during Round 2 at Donington Park.[10]


Race calendar and results

The initial schedule included Balaton Park Circuit, Hungary on 23–25 August,[12] but this was later dropped as track improvements would not be completed on time, with Circuito do Estoril, Portugal added on 11–13 October.[13] Scheduled rounds are:[14]

2024 calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position[a] Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1[15] Emilia-Romagna Round Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 15 June María Herrera[16] Ana Carrasco María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[17] 16 June Beatriz Neila María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
2 R1[18] UK Round Donington Park 13 July Ana Carrasco[19] Beatriz Neila Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
R2[20] 14 July Ana Carrasco María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
3 R1[21] Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit 10 August María Herrera[22] Sara Sánchez María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[23] 11 August Sara Sánchez Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
4 R1[24] Italian Round[b] Cremona Circuit 21 September María Herrera[25] Roberta Ponziani María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[26] 22 September Ana Carrasco Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
5 R1[27] Estoril Round[c] Circuito do Estoril 12 October Ana Carrasco[28] Sara Sánchez Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
R2[29] 13 October Ana Carrasco Sara Sánchez 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
6 R1[30] Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 19 October Sara Sánchez[31] Sara Sánchez María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2 20 October María Herrera Sara Sánchez 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
  1. ^ Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1
  2. ^ Subject to homologation
  3. ^ The Estoril round was added to the calendar on 7 June 2024. It replaced the Hungarian round.

Championship standings

Points system[32]
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Rider MIS
 DON
 ALG
 CRE
 EST
 JER
 Pts.
1 Ana Carrasco 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 244
2 María Herrera 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 Ret 2 3 1 NC 215
3 Sara Sánchez 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 4 1 Ret 1 191
4 Beatriz Neila 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 172
5 Roberta Ponziani 4 5 5 Ret 6 5 4 2 7 5 4 4 135
6 Pakita Ruiz 10 9 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 112
7 Tayla Relph Ret 12 9 6 8 Ret 7 3 5 Ret 7 7 83
8 Astrid Madrigal 12 Ret 13 13 10 7 9 7 9 8 13 15 60
9 Ran Yochay 8 8 6 5 15 12 16 13 15 13 11 14 56
10 Ornella Ongaro Ret 7 7 Ret 13 8 12 9 14 12 12 11 55
11 Mallory Dobbs Ret 15 17 Ret Ret 9 10 Ret 8 7 9 9 45
12 Isis Carreno 6 6 13 9 10 10 42
13 Adela Ourednickova 13 14 11 10 14 13 15 11 10 10 Ret 16 39
14 Chun Mei Liu 7 Ret 10 Ret 12 11 13 12 NC DNS 31
15 Emily Bondi 15 Ret 20 11 Ret 10 11 8 11 15 Ret 17 31
16 Lucy Michel 9 10 15 7 16 15 17 10 19 16 17 18 30
17 Jessica Howden Ret DNS 7 Ret 19 Ret 21 Ret 8 8 25
18 Chloe Jones 6 6 20
19 Andrea Sibaja 16 19 19 16 11 16 20 14 12 11 18 12 20
20 Avalon Lewis 8 5 19
21 Nicole Van Aswegen 11 13 16 14 9 Ret 17
22 Lena Kemmer Ret 11 12 12 Ret 14 Ret 15 16 18 15 19 17
23 Luna Hirano 14 16 14 9 17 18 14 Ret 20 19 19 22 13
24 Jamie Hanks-Elliott Ret 17 18 14 14 13 7
25 Krystal Silfa 17 20 18 15 1
26 Sarah Varon 20 20 Ret Ret 17 17 16 20 0
27 Irene Bramato 18 16 0
28 Beatrice Barbera Ret 17 0
29 Iryna Nadieieva Ret 18 Ret 19 0
30 Alyssia Whitmore 18 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0
31 Rafaela Peixoto 22 20 0
32 Sonya Lloyd Ret 21 0
– Mia Rusthen Ret DNS 0
Pos. Rider MIS
 DON
 ALG
 CRE
 EST
 JER
 Pts.
Source[33]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

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